*Pressia Calderon -m. *Nissim Cassorla
Nissim Cassorla was a son of Rabbi Elias Haim Cassorla.
They arrived at the Ellis Island port of entry in 1913, aboard the vessel Oceania.
In the ship's manifest, his age was given as 33 and hers as 26.
Her name appears as "Precia."
They had with them their three children, Vida/Evelyn-age 3 1/2, Miriam/Mary-age 2 1/2, Hana/Annie-age 6 mos.
The ship's last previous port of call had been Patras, in Greece.
According to the then-custom, he was always referred to as hermano Nissim by all the families of his siblings, and his wife as hermana Pressia.They lived 20 years in Rochester NY, then moved to the New Lots section of Brooklyn, on Malta on a street and in a neighborhood filled with family members and countrymen.
He was so beloved, that when he died prematurely, the funeral procession stretched for blocks, and the crowd was joined by just about every able-bodied Monastirli in New York City and the surrounding vicinity.

Eli (Eliyahu) "Allie" Cassorla -m. Bella Testa
Allie Cassorla was active throughout his life in family, congregational and Monastirli affairs.
His final resting place is in a place of honor, the front row of the Monastirli section of Beth Moses Cemetery, Farmingdale, LI, NY.
Bella is a member of the Mordohai Testa family of Monastir.

We were talking about stories from the old days. Here is one with a
different twist. It is actually a very modern one.
My nunna Pressia passed away several months before my wedding. I was
devastated. She was not well, she would not have been able to attend the
wedding, but her death was to me "unbelievable." She died Friday night,
so the funeral was Sunday. More time for bad thoughts. At the funeral
when people passed by the casket and past the mourners, I leaned over to my
Aunt Mary (Weprinsky) and said, "She still is alive in every grandchild
that is named for her and knew her" (of which I am one).

I always hated the day of her aņo. It was just too much to think of.
Several years after we were married, I am pregnant with my first child
(due date 11/8). Due date passes. I finally give birth on 11/30, early
in the evening but after nightfall. I look at my husband Ken and ask
what Hebrew date it was. It was the first of Kislev. That is Pressia
Cassorla's aņo. From the world beyond, she turned a "bad" into a joyous day.

I believe every day she walks on my shoulder giving guidance and that was
her sign.

My eldest is named after my dad; keeping alive the tradition of naming
after living grandparent.

Anecdote contributed by Paulette Cassorla Halpern

Esther "Gerry" Cassorla -m. Jack Monteko
[Fla]

Michael Monteko -m. [??]

[Daughter]

Neal Monteko -m. [??]

Jack Cassorla -m. Jackalyn [??]

Carolyn Cassorla -m. Howard Snyder

David Snyder

Jeffery Snyder

Pamela Cassorla -m. Frank Barbera

Jenna Barbera

Leslie Barbera

Suzie Cassorla -m. James "Jimmy" Schmutz

TJ Schmutz

Kimberly Schmutz

{End of descendant lists for Nissim Elias Cassorla.}

*Abraham Calderon -m. Sara Testa
Sara Testa's family was from Salonika.
The couple came to Temuco about 1920.
Descendants of this couple have settled in Santiago Cile.

Jacob Calderon -m. Theresa Herschman

Roberto Calderon -m. Sara Testa
Roberto's wife's name is a name-coincidence with Roberto's mother, but unrelated.

(1) Vida/Ana Calderon -m. Shabitay Assael
Vida apparently died when her son Haim was very young—around 1915-1920ce.
Shabitay Assael remarried to [??] Camhi and had additional children.
According to family lore, Shabitay and his "second" family may have been lost in the Shoah.
The children of Shabitay Assael's "second" family were: Jacobo, Lunar, Haim.
The family were millers (probably of grain) in Monastir.

Jacobo Assael -m. Silvia Nahmias
[Chile]
Jacobo was encouraged to emigrate to Temuco (~1935-1940ce) by his brother, Haim, who had gone ahead.

Luna/Lunar Assael -m. [??] Assael
Lunar married a cousin [??].

*Haim Assael -m. *Vida Cohen Testa
Haim Assel Calderon's mother died when he was very young.
Vida Cohen Testa's father was [??] Cohen of Monastir[?], married to [??] Testa of Monastir[?].
Haim Assael Calderon emigrated to Chile in the 1920s.
His wife followed.
According to family lore, he spent the money which he had been given to study medicine in France,
to go on his "adventure" in Chile—which was considered a wild place in those days.
Later he sent for his brother Jacobo.

Shabbai ("Shabby") Assael -m. Fanny Rapapport
Fanny may also have been known as "Ida".

Samy Nissim Yagoda Assael.
My first name is from my grand father Samuel Yagoda died in Yugoslavia by the Nazis
and Nissim is from a relative from my grandfather Haim Assael.

Dora Assael -m. Nathan Novik

Victoria Novik

Ana Novik

Miguel Novik

Leonardo Novik

Mathilde Assael -m. Edy Guitlitz

Victoria Guitlitz

Ariel Guitlitz

Isidoro Guitlitz

Lucy Assael -m. [??]
Lucy's family settled in Israel.

Eduardo [??]

Beatriz [??]

Gabriel [??]

Hector [??]

Alexandro Assael -m. [??]

Haim Assael

This section begun
May 2001ce
from material provided by Anne Calderon of Indianapolis.
Major reorganization May 2002ce from material provided by Larry Berebitsky as of July 2001ce.
Chilean branch updated November 2002ce, with information provided by Samy Yagoda, a great-great-grandson of Jacob Calderon.
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